21st December

…sasanqua ‘Sugar Dream’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Sugar Dream’ Laurel cutting below the Main Ride and a good bonfire. Laurel cutting Laurel trimming and leaf blowing along the Main Ride. We cannot…

1st December

…Camellia x williamsii ‘Rosemary Williams’ Camellia ‘Sugar Dream’ an excellent addition to early December and should be more widely grown. Camellia ‘Sugar Dream’ Camellia ‘Sugar Dream’ Enkianthus serrulatus with its…

7th March

…‘Black Tulip’ x M. x soulangeana ‘Deep Purple Dream’ also 2013 planted. I think this is now called ‘Antje Zandee’ but ‘Aphrodite’ and ‘Pink Fruity’ are different named plants from…

4th March

…Asia propagating. Ilex cornuta Ilex cornuta Jaimie’s hybrid Rhododendron ‘Maisie’ full out. Rhododendron ‘Maisie’ Rhododendron ‘Maisie’ Camellia reticulata ‘Dream Castle’ measured beside Lizzie’s hand. Camellia reticulata ‘Dream Castle’ Caerhays bred…

12th June

…very attractive indeed today. Acer palmatum ‘Orange Dream’ Acer palmatum ‘Orange Dream’ 2017 – CHW Jaimie and Michael have cut down most of the clump of camellias which were sent…

3rd August

…that different but this is the one being sold everywhere in the Isle of Wight today. Coprosma ‘Pacific Dream’ Coprosma ‘Pacific Dream’ 2015 – CHWA quick trip up the drive…

9th February

…open prematurely in the wind in Kennel Close. Tiny flowers which are unformed and yellowish. Magnolia ‘Purple Dream’ x ‘Star Wars’ Magnolia ‘Purple Dream’ x ‘Star Wars’ Magnolia mollicomata ‘Werrington’…

13th February

…yesterday. A little premature. Magnolia ‘F. J. Williams’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Lamellyn’ now, suddenly, full out on the Drive. Magnolia campbellii ‘Lamellyn’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Lamellyn’ Rhododendron ‘Winters Interlude’ (which is late…

2nd November

…dug out rather than just having the dead removed. Two winters ago it decided to flower in the autumn and paid the price with dieback. In Belgium they say Caerhays…

26th March

…than any shooting day for several winters. Azalea ‘Otome’ above the Hovel. Azalea ‘Otome’ Azalea ‘Otome’ A huge fir branch blocks the path at Slip Rail. We passed under this…